Improvement in brow-bands for bridles



F. MEINBERG.

Brow-Bands for Bridles.

No. 134,213 Patented Dec. 24, 1872.

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UNITED STATE PATENT QFFIGE.

FRANZ MEINBERG, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT EN BRQW-BANDS FOR- BREDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 134,213, dated December24, 1872.

nary construction.

To carry out the invention I take a strip of sheet-zinc, and work asufficient length of it, by tinners rolls, into a trough-like section,

giving it, at the same time, the proper bend for a front band. Aconsiderable length of flat or untreated metal should be left at eachend, which is afterward or previously bent around. by hand or bymachinery to form a loop adapted to receive the up-and-down portion ofthe head-stall. The loop should correspond closely in size to thethickness of the leather which extends up and down, so as to embrace itwith tolerable tightness.

The accompanying drawing forms a part of I this specification.

-like in section, as above described. A A are the loops formed in thesame metal at each end, and adapted to embrace the upright portion ofthe head-stall. I paste or otherwise cement upon the springA a covering,13, of patent-leather or other suitable leather, of sufficient width toallow its edges to nearly or quite meet around the spring. I arrangethis leather so that the abutting edges are in the hollow front side;or, in other words, in the interior of the trough. This being completed,and the same leather or other leather being extended properly around theends or loops A A the head-stall i's finished by bedding in the trough(so as to cover the raw edges of the leather) a narrow ornamental band,D. The band D may be of bright red or other gay-colored leather; or itmay be of brass or silverplated metal. Its ends being properly riveted,the front band is completed.

It will be observed that the main leather B is attached without anecessity for stitching; and that the spring A is in a form to givegreat strength with a small quantity of material. The loops A A make astiff and strong junction of the band with the other portions of thehead-stall.

I claim as my invention 1. The sheet-metal browband spring A A A formedconcave, and adapted to receive the covering material and frontornament, as specified.

2. A concave sheet-metal spring, inclosed in a suitable coveringmaterial, cemented, as shown, with the abutting or overlapping edges inthe concave front, in combination with the decorative material Darranged in the concave front, all as and for the purpose herein setforth.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 9th day ofSeptember, 1872, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANZ MEINBERG.

Witnesses WM. 0. DEY, O. RAETJJIG.

